you're also the husband of gabbie giffords. how is she doing? >> she is doing great.recently moved back to tucson, arizona so she's very happy to get back to her hometown. >> stephen: loved seeing her at dnc. as a guy who is an astronaut who has flown the shuttle four time its and had 39 combat missions, did you ever think you'd be the second most heroic person in your marriage? >> no. well, i always knew she would be the most heroic. i mean she is just special, special person. >> stephen: now when you were still flying as be astronaut, gabby was a chair of the space andary naught eck subcommittee. >> she was. >> did she ever say you have taken out the garbage yet and you shoot back like, have you okayed our funding yet? >> well, no, i would actually ask her for more money for nasa frequently. but no, she never gave it to us. but i did ask. >> stephen: that's tough. okay. now you as i said you flew the last shuttle mission. but also something more important than that, about a year before that you trained me how to be an astronaut. we got in right there as you can see.

gabby douglas with her megawatt smile.dical watch the dangers of sitting even if you were active and get enough activity if you sit too long during each day you are still at risk sitting raises the chances for type 2 diabetes heart disease and premature death to offset the negative impact doctor suggests interrupting long periods of sitting with 2 minute breaks all late-moderate intensity walking or stair climbing just 27 minutes today to your child's nighttime retain and it will make a huge difference as school the journal of pediatrics reports and a sleep study comparing elementary school students who slept longer or shorter durations at night those for more emotionally stable less restless, and more focused experts say even at 11 years old children should not stay awake past 9:00 p.m. a mother's kiss can heal most milo elements for kids and a new study finds it can relieve a common problem when children paul foreign objects of their nose a canadian medical association journal reports on the treatment were a mother cover

congratulations, gabby. >>> well, just ahead, actress and obama supporter eva longoria is apologizing to mitt romney. we'll tell you why. >>> plus, have you ever seen a baby panda learn to walk? it's pretty cool and adorable. we'll show you. you're watching "early today." >>> good friday morning to you. let's start with today to get you out the door. we are watching showery type weather in the northwest. the front is going to try to push through during the day today. temperatures a little cool there. a little cool on the coastline of california. interior sections just fine. as we go through the weekend, the big player in the weather will be an upper level low spinning off the coast and will continually send showers and cool weather into the northwest. it won't rain the entire weekend, but showery from seattle to portland and all of washington in oregon state. it may sink as far south as medford. california, you look to stay dry at this point: we had a good stretch. it's over. >> thanks for the updated news. thanks. >>> now for entertainment news. "paranormal activity force" should hau

. >> i really love gabby douglas. >> at the summer games, gabrielle won two gold medals as all acrossthe country. >> she's awesome. >> really inspiring and really amazing to watch. >> after wowing a worldwide audience in london, gabrielle douglas is going for a new kind of gold in new "super mario bros. 2" for nintendo 3ds. >> i am so excited to be here. i am such a big fan of nintendo. >> new "super mario bros. 2" is the latest mario adventure that challenges players to collect as many gold coins as they can. >> the game is so much fun. the new "super mario bros. 2" has new levels, new power-ups, and it's all about going for the gold. >> to help celebrate the recent launch of the game, gabrielle teamed up with nintendo for its "play as you are" campaign. >> i'm part of the "play as you are" campaign. and the thing is about nintendo, you don't have to be a gamer to like the 3ds. and, personally, what i like about it is it's portable and on my downtime and on my breaks where it's handy, i just pull it out and play it. and i also play with my brothers and my sisters. we get so competiti

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gabby douglas, the first african-american to bring home the gold medal in gymnastics all around competition was honored as sports women of the year which the women's sports foundation. well deserved. >>> actress and obama supporter eva longoria apologized to mitt romney. >>> have you ever seen a baby panda learn to walk? it's adorable. we'll show you. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. let me take you through your weekend forecast. today's by far the worst of the travel weather. up here through all of the great lakes, going to be rather raw and chilly from chicago to minneapolis, detroit. new england, as far as airport delays and heavy rain, that could be the worst of it especially the first half of it. much of the rest of the country is looking nice. few thunderstorms in florida. even you'll clear out for a nice saturday. boston, some showers. northern new england, we're getting a little bit of an improvement. by sunday we're all pretty nice. into the mid 60s once again. up where it's chilly in the great lakes and northern plains. 80s in the south of the country. no problems

doing this i will be joining the ranks of such next chapterers as lady ga ga, usher, jennifer hudson, gabbie dougeas, ree hanna and 50 cent. that by the way is actually a picture of lady gaga wearing a dress made of those other people. (laughter) anyway, sunday, me oprah, jimmy, show them a clip. >> ms. win-free, hello. won't you-- won't you please. okay. to ungcious, i don't want to seem needy. oprah, no, okay. welcome to your next chapter. >> hi, bye. >> extraordinary. >> you get the idea. we really hit it off. and after spending the diwith lady o, i can now confidently say that oprah winfrey is my new black friend. (laughter) (applause) i mean i assume she's black. i don't perceive race. not even my own. people tell me i'm white and i believe them because si have seen the eagle's lives. anyway, oprah! so folks, nation, was this election day looming every one is trying to read the tea leaves. except romney who as a mormon is allowed only to read the caffeine free diet coke. but that's not looking good either because obama currently leads romney by 10 points in ohio, 9 points in florida and

gabby douglas, and the wrestler in trendtimes.com, that body suit.rew really worked out for her and channeling her inner gabby douglas in a lookit.com leotard. >> we're running out of time. thank you, guys. an ode to the '50s, kate and lance going back disco era, andy war hole and bianca jagger. >> a lot more options than sexy nurse. we try to be very glamorous. these are things that lance and kate who are actually bianca and andy can wear, from victoria's secret, h & m american apparel, throw a little disco ball on it, super fun. >> everybody out quick. happy halloween. thank you so much. happy halloween. thank you so much. great job, and still to come, i've always been lucky. flew 37 bombing missions over germany. made it home every time. i'm lucky to have good friends who are all still around, and we're all lucky to have a friend named ben. ben's protected our medicare and veterans' benefits. and he's helping my 13 grandchildren afford college. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i'm honored to approve this messa

children's book called mousetraunat is release today written by the husband of former congresswoman gabby giffords. >>> flu season is here. the county will set up a flu hotline on thursday offering free flu shots on saturday. the hotline is open from 5 to 7 on thursday and you can get a a shot at several location on saturday. and lynette it feels like flu season. >> it's cold and rainy. we can see montgomery county getting in on wet weather. we are seeing it around virginia this morning. and as we flied further up to the north we can see ate around glen burnie and elk ridge and columbia getting in. howard county dealing with light showers. more of the same around anne arundel and also around chestertown this morning. so, as you head out the door, take the umbrella but also take the coats because look at temperatures. in the 40s here below average. 46 degrees right now in aberdeen and 44 in hereford. we have high pressure at the surface but we are trapped between two systems and with that we are wait being for the cold front to -- waiting for the cold front to traverse the area west to eas

. >>> finally, she's known as the flying squirrel, gabby douglas, the first african-american to bringe the gold medal in the gymnastics all-around competition was honor as sports woman of the year by the women's sports foundation. well deserved. congratulations. >>> for a look at the weather, here is bill karins with your weather channel forecast. no delays. you were saying if you're traveling today, cancel. >> there will be. there will be delays. i wouldn't go cancelling. the airports are just now getting up to speed, usually the delays don't start coming in until at least 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. it takes that long for the airports to get going and the flights to increase that much with the landings and takeoffs. we'll watch it. as far as the radar goes, everyone in new england needs the umbrella. a steady, soaking rain from the catskills to the adirondacks. the new york state through-way will be rough this morning. the rains increase in connecticut and massachusetts. we have numerous showers down here from philadelphia into maryland. eventually some of the rain will return to d.c., too. o

now you have gabby douglas here, who's made an impact on sports.pact is going to be so many mothers are having their daughters and fathers when they're raising their daughters and they may be a great basketball player they want them to have the opportunities. it's really the next generation that has parents that have participated in sports that's going to help. >> i think to wendy's point as well. they can't lose sight. even though we made great strides. we have to be mindful that the gap is growing between men and women now. at one point we had closed and now it's growing. and so we need to make sure that we analyze the issue of title ix. we organized the issue of title ix, it was time for us to initiate and follow through. >> title ix was about giving women access to opportunity. are there any specific challenges that african-american women and african-american athletes face? >> definitely. i think when you look at any challenge, can you write a law. does it go into effect. that's because they're women. have you to understand, it wasn't just for

looking at stories make headlines around the nation, thehusband of gabby giffords is a published authork is about meteor a rodent who goes into space. a daredevil sky diver is going to try to make history today. felix baumgartner is going to attempt to break the sound barrier from 23 miles up over new mexico. it will take him about 3 hours to get to the edge of space and there's going to be a free fall about 117,000 feet and he is opening up the pair shiewd shute about 5,000 feet above the surface of the earth and hopes to break a speed record for someone traveling outside a spacecraft. good luck to him. better him than me. that's crazy 23 miles above the earth. >> oh, my goodness. >> you a meteorologist and you are looking up in the sky. >> exactly. >> we have a lot to talk about today and looking into the weekend the running festival is coming up. people plan to go to that and that's going to close down a lot of roads. >> reporter: every year it cause as headache. i will have more coming up later in the week. this morning we are dealing with fog. it's wet out there, too. you will want

not everybody can be a gabby or an olympic hero. not everybody can do that.ot everybody can participate in the 5000 jobs that we are creating in the internship programs that are paid that we signaled this summer. not everybody can be successful in everything that we do to try to set up those conditions for people to be successful. there are some who, unfortunately, touch our juvenile and adult probation criminal-justice system, and we try to find ways to correct that path and to create supportive mechanisms. we are rich in services in many ways with interventions as much as we can to redirect our youth or to help victims and their families as best we can. sometimes not perfectly, but the best we can to assist them in their recovery. and so it was right for me to talk about this in a very deliberate way, to talk to other mayors across the country and ask what they are doing to find out what is working and what is not working and then to bring back that conversation in a very direct way to our own communities here in san francisco. i know every person standing

gabby douglass. for halloween i'm going to be myself. i'm suppose to be russell from up or snow white. i'm not really dressing up. i'm going to get a sheet put two holes in it and dress up as a ghost. i'm going to be a pirate. i wont be dressing up i might do some cat ears but that's about it. probably be nothing i used to always be like a ghost i'd just get a sheet and cut two holes and call it a day but i'm too lazy i'll just stay home." briana villaobos (vee-ya-lobos) is here with arts and entertainment...what's going on this week briana? well guys halloween is right around the corner and just about everyone is gearing up for it. there's a costume shop on campus that few students know about. it's run by the theater arts department ... but unfortunately you won't be able to rent costumes for halloween. too bad ... because it's filled with thousands of costumes. students can rent costumes for class projects and other school related needs. costume shop manager, deborah weber, says they have a costume for every occassion. ">>>(deborah web

>>> friday is a great and beter when aleen gabbey from the spca comes -- abe aleen gabbey -- aleen gabby comes in from the -- daveey comes in from the spc -- gabbey comes in from the spca. >> kitten a lot of energy sometimes. so this one is a little raisey -- crazy you might see her making wild moves. >> she has a lot of energy and we have some reduced adoption fees this weekend. so, for two kiddens this -- kit -- kittens will's -- there's adoption fees. >> there's a fee that comes with adopting a pet because you guys are nonprofit a lot of people might not realize that. you rely on donations. >> on donations. >> that's what the online auction is all about. >> we don't get government funding or aspca so you can go to our website and it's ebay for pets. get great items this is a goody basket for cats and it's a great time to do holiday shopping. >> good. and you have artwork and a little bit of everything. >> sports memorabilia. trips, give certificates to restaurants. it's lot of fun. >> how do you check it out. >> go to the mdspca.orb and i think it's connected to abc2news.com and perus

alongside his wife, former congresswoman, gabby giffords. how is she? >> doing really well.to his two daughters, who he says always allowed him to reach for the stars. for "good morning america," abbie boudreau, abc news, tucson. >>> coming up next on "gma," kevin james and henry winkler. they are singing with rick kevin james and henry winkler. they are singing with rick springfield. it's heavy lifting. you start with a democratic senator named ben. by getting bwi-marshall funding for new runways, he's helping us serve 21 million passengers a year, which helps keep 100,000 jobs that depend on the airport, and that means more cargo for more businesses and more skycaps unloading more taxis... welcome to bwi. ...carrying families with more luggage. thanks. it's like he's out here with us. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i approve this message. ♪ >>> kevin james, henry winkler, starring in "here comes the boom." kevin playing a teacher, who is determined to save the school music program. and his fellow teacher's job, played by henry. he de

alongside his wife, former congresswoman, gabby giffords. how is she? >> doing really well. his two daughters, who he says always allowed him to reach for the stars. for "good morning america," abbie boudreau, abc news, tucson. >>> coming up next on "gma," kevin james and henry winkler. they are singing with rick springfield. ♪ >>> kevin james, henry winkler, starring in "here comes the boom." kevin playing a teacher, who is determined to save the school music program. and his fellow teacher's job, played by henry. he decides to get in on a crazy scheme. kevin plays the teacher that henry is risking his life in the ring for. happy to have you here. you could have written any character for yourself. you decided to write a lot of abuse. >> you don't think about that. and you are realizing, i have to film this one day. >> you're a big ufc guy. and a big mixed martial arts guy. >> i became one. to get to know them. and not just gladiators but real human beings that are beautiful people. >> they are, zen gentlemen outside the ring. and then, they'll eat a body part when they get

alongside his wife, former congresswoman, gabby giffords. how is she? >> doing really well.k to his two daughters, who he says always allowed him to reach for the stars. for "good morning america," abbie boudreau, abc news, tucson. >>> coming up next on "gma," kevin james and henry winkler. they are singing with rick springfi [ female announcer ] it's one of the hardest decisions a family can make... realizing a nursing home is the only choice. fofor many middle clasfamilies, medicaid is the only way to afford the care. but as a governor, mitt romney raised nursing home fees eight times. and as president, his budget cuts medicaid by one-third and burdens families with the cost of nursing home care. we have a president who won't let that happen. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approved this message. ♪ >>> kevin james, henry winkler, starring in "here comes the boom." kevin playing a teacher, who is determined to save the school music program. and his fellow teacher's job, played by henry. he decides to get in on a crazy scheme. kevin plays the teacher that henry is risking h

. >> gabby gifford. >> i have a question for -- >> how are the sox doing? one more painful day, i guess. >> exactly. i just have a question for mitt romney about the student loan debt. same issue, what do we do about the rising student loan debt? it's a big, big question. >> for both candidates, i want to know what to do to protect the environment from big corporates? green party. >> i have a question for romney, why not pro-life? >> he is pro-life. >> no, that women's abortions, taking away birth control -- >> oh, okay. pro-choice. >> sorry. >> those terms are shorthand anyway. >> i have a question for both candidates and i want to know what you're going to do for prisons, how to clear them out, how to lower costs that effect t affect the voters. >> do you have a question? >> i have a question for romney, gop platform states they have a moral obligation to uphold to support women who are faced with unwanted pregnancies, so since he's going to be cutting programs and sending everything back to the states, and taniff is going to be hurting and we have a lot

. -- gabbie giffords, in your state which shot. >> i see some positive signs. you have outlined the causes -- i think you have to add redistricting and incumbents trying to protect each other, cable tv, you raise money by being negative. the shortened schedule -- when i was in the house, we were encouraged to keep our families in washington. now you cannot wait to leave. you come in on tuesday -- >> because washington is portrayed as sodom on the potomac. i am still looking for the action myself. [laughter] >> i think the positive side -- as a trouble, now that i am private, i can travel, i see some members of congress campaigning on both sides saying, i can work with the other side. i see that more and more. i think that is a good sign. secondly, i think the public is going to send a message this election. it may be one that we cannot quantify here. it will not be a beltway message. it will be, you guys need to start working together or there will be a third party. i think that is going to scare a lot of incumbents. lastly, and i am obviously a president -- th

it was like working with gabby. >> rose: from "precious." >> uh-huh.s like working with helen mirren. it was beyond that. it was just sort of -- like you know when i'm in 'n sync zinc with you it's like making love. there's no physical contact, we are doing the tango together and we're one. >> characterize the cinema you make. >> it's lee daniels. >> rose: what's the common denominator between all those films other than lee daniels? >> well, there's a theme of family. >> rose: really? >> yeah, there's a theme of family. there's a theme of that that gray area that we all live in that gray area that we live in which s not wrapped up in a bow, there's nothing nice about life. life is rough. >> and you intend to show it? >> every second of it. >> rose: good to have you here. >> good to be here. >> rose: lee daniels, the movie "paperboy" is in theaters now. always good to see you. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: back in a moment, stay with us. steve shepard is here, he served as senior editor at "newsweek" and editor-in-chief of "businessweek" from 1984 to

and i think it's been a couple years he gave a very good nonpolitical speech, to gabbie giffords butan't think of a good political speech he's given. and you know it's tough to be president. you get fat agencied. and if you are sort of only peripherally engaged or not the superengaged person, ronald reagan was not engaged in every detail, he could have the stam no-- stamina to do t but obama is engaged in everything. and i do think there is a sense of fat agency that one senses around the white house and one senses around him. nd so to get the passion that he had in 2008, i think is just hard given everything he's been through. >> you think that explains, mark, partly what happened? >> it may well, judy. 48 hours later, first of all, just a personal note, i have speculated on debate night that the president's passive performance and it was quite passive, listless, may have been attributed in part to john kerry, his sparring partner in the prep sessions who is a leading contender to be secretary of state maybe not going tough toe-to-toe to him. my subsequent reporting has, in fact, co

she reportedly had offers to go in the u.s., including one from a former congresswoman gabby giffords's doctors. she chose to come to britain because of their ties with pakistan. >>> a flight from tampa to phoenix was diverted after massive crack on the windshield. passengers say, they didn't realize how badly the windshield was damaged until after they had landed. >>> it flew hundreds of miles above earth. the last mile, in way was the toughest for the space shuttle "endeavour." it got to the science center in los angeles 17 hours late. crews had to cut down hundreds of trees and move traffic signals among the 12-mile route. the city will be replanting the trees along the route. >>> and flinl, you would think parachuting off a 4,000-foot cliff would be bad enough. look at how he was going to do it. he was going to dismount off this when the high bar snapped. nobody was hurt. it was a close call. not as he intended. he was wearing his parachute and all was eventually well. and felix baumgartner is sitting here saying, really? >> i shot out of an airplane -- a helium balloon. >> try 137,